Friday, February 7, 2014

Here Comes the Bride. . .

I have been working like a maniac on the flowers and I am happy to say that I have ALL of the flowers made!

And they are all separated into pans for each of the 6 bouquets

I am working on putting the stems on each of the flowers now

Just a close up of some of the flowers

I even have one of the bridesmaids bouquets finished. Well, all but the wrap that goes around the stems.

It really isn't lopsided - It is just leaning inside the mason jar.

I also got the toss bouquet done tonight.

See that box in the picture below? Those are bandaids and trust me, I have used tons of them!!!

I cannot believe how sore my hands are. Between the hand-sewing, hot glue gun, cutting and wire twisting my little hands are just raw. Yesterday I made 37 flowers and I had bandaids on almost every finger. Then I stabbed an unprotected finger with the needle and blood was gushing. All I could do was yell at Gary to get a towel so I could save the flower. Sadly he could not move fast enough :(

People have asked me why I am working on this so early, and my answer is simple - I want to be able to actually use my hands on the day of Lizzy's wedding! They are so sore and ugly right now, but they still have time to heal!